Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending December 12 2009:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits
1 Expedia.co.uk www.expedia.co.uk 8.27%
2 lastminute.com www.lastminute.com 6.73%
3 Thomson www.thomson.co.uk 5.79%
4 Thomas Cook www.thomascook.com 3.65%
5 Cheapflights.co.uk www.cheapflights.co.uk 2.88%
6 Travelzoo UK www.travelzoo.co.uk 2.76%
7 TravelRepublic.co.uk www.travelrepublic.co.uk 2.67%
8 First Choice www.firstchoice.co.uk 2.21%
9 tavelsupermarket.com www.travelsupermarket.com 2.19%
10 SkyScanner www.skyscanner.net 2.06%
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits
1 tripadvisor.co.uk www.tripadvisor.co.uk 5.07%
2 Booking.com www.booking.com 4.10%
3 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 3.32%
4 LateRooms.com www.laterooms.co.uk 2.96%
5 Travelodge UK www.travelodge.co.uk 2.76%
6 Premier Inn www.premiertravelinn.com 1.77%
7 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 1.56%
8 Hotels.com - UK www.hotels.co.uk 1.11%
9 ViewLondon.co.uk www.viewlondon.co.uk 1.02%
10 The National Trust www.nationaltrust.org.uk 0.96%
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits
1 easyJet.com www.easyjet.co.uk 18.16%
2 Ryanair www.ryanair.com 16.42%
3 British Airways www.britishairways.com 9.77%
4 flybe.com www.flybe.com 7.45%
5 Virgin atlantic www.virgin-atlantic.com 4.33%
6 bmibaby www.bmibaby.com 3.56%
7 Jet2.com www.jet2.com 3.02%
8 Monarch Airlines www.flymonarch.com 2.62%
9 bmi www.flybmi.com 2.32%
10 Aer Lingus www.flyaerlingus.com 2.20%
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic
1 Google maps 0.97% 17.42% 83.58%
2 AA route planner 0.79% 3.80% 96.2%
3 Easyjet 0.78% 15.70% 84.30%
4 Train times 0.74% 0.59% 99.41%
5 Ryanair 0.68% 1.17% 98.83%
6 National rail 0.63% 0.28% 99.72%
7 Multimap 0.54% 0.23% 99.77%
8 Google earth 0.47% 2.77% 97.23%
9 Maps 0.46% 18.59% 81.41%
10 TFL 0.45% 0.02% 99.98%
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise











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